Canton of Wiltz

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Location map of the canton of Wiltz
Basic data
State : Luxembourg
LAU 1: 08
ISO 3166-2 : LU-WI
Administrative headquarters: Wiltz
Surface: 264.55  km²
ranked 3 of 12
Residents: 17,148 (January 1st, 2019)
Rank 11 of 12
Population density : 65 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '  N , 5 ° 56'  E

The canton of Wiltz (de / fr), in Luxembourgish Wolz , is located in the north-west of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . It borders in the north on the canton of Clervaux , in the southeast on the canton Diekirch , in the south on the canton Redingen and in the west on Belgium .

Until the abolition of the Luxembourg districts on October 3, 2015, the canton belonged to the Diekirch district .

Administrative division

The canton of Wiltz comprises seven municipalities (population as of January 1, 2019).

  1. Bulging Gowns (1307)
  2. Esch-Sauer (2715), trained on January 1, 2012
  3. Goesdorf (1542)
  4. Kiischpelt (1201)
  5. Reservoir community (1952)
  6. Wiltz (7066), trained on January 1, 2015
  7. Winseler (1365)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
  2. ↑ From Parliament: The districts are abolished. In: Luxemburger Wort . July 7, 2015, accessed July 3, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Kanton Wiltz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files